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maximage
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Registered: Jan 24, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 139
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Review Date: Sep 30, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,100.00
| Rating: 8
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solid build (even better than many lenses with the red ringie), shift/tilt convenience, good image quality
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heavy CA if you shift too much.
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A great lens to shoot products and smaller architecture. Great for sculpture and flat artwork copyworks as well. Actually a great landscape lens too. this focal length is always considered not so 'interesting', it's simply not true. Canon's marketing folks need to remove the red ring from the slow plastic zooms and put it on this babe. By all means a classic.
Image is quality is very good (better than 24mm TSE), but once shifted too much it will show similar heavy CA. PS work is a must.
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 Sep 30, 2005
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gpfmartin
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Registered: Apr 13, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 172
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Review Date: Aug 3, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,050.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Solid build, sharpness, interesting bokeh, more control over DOF & converging verticals
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Need 100% viewfinder for full control of tilt-swing focus, weight, 72mm filters, propensity for collecting dust when in use
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If you shoot products, this is the lens for you. Tilt/swing can make your subject stand out in the frame.
This is my first t/s. I love this lens, but am frustrated that I cannot see 100% of my image with the 20d. Because of this, the manual recommends you only use this lens with the 1DSMkII or EOS 1. The 20d's LED does show 100% of your image, so I've been zooming in after shooting to see if my tilt/swing is correct.
I have also captured some good architectural shots, but the 24mm TS-E is probably best for these shots. I will probably get the 24mm, but photodo has ranked it slightly less sharp than the 45 and 90mm. It also has a max. of f/3.5.
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Aug 3, 2005
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spartan123
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Registered: Nov 9, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 3683
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Review Date: Sep 3, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $900.00
| Rating: 10
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Excellent build! Easy to use. Fantastic photo's
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No AF.
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I bought my lens from an FM member, he had it set up for parallel shooting. Absolutely love it.
Very sharp and a breeze to use. Fantastic photo's from the mid range TSE.
spartan
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Sep 3, 2004
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Jack Flesher
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Registered: Oct 23, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 3489
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Review Date: Jun 17, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $825.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Tilt and Shift, very sharp, little distortion
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No AF, best to meter before the tilt or shift for accurate exposure
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I really like this lens. I have its 90mm and 24mm bretheren, but held off getting this one due to its "boring" normal focal length. BUT after seeing what it can do, I now more fully appreciate it. Being able to crank in a few degrees of tilt to extend DOF to the max is a huge plus in my landscape shots. Cranking in counter-tilt to generate an extremely shallow DOF, thus creating a very unique look is also very cool.
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Jun 17, 2003
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90% of reviewers
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9.4
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